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In 2006-07: Tallied a season-best indoor mark of 140'08'' in the discus event at the Kentucky Invitational (1/12) ... Threw the discus 153'11'' at the Yellow Jacket Outdoor Invitational (3/30) ... Placed 12th at the ACC Outdoor Championships in the discus competition with a throw of 148'00''.
In 2005-06: Posted a lifetime-best mark of 155'2" in the discus to finish second at the Orange and Purple Classic ... Threw the discus 154'3" to place seventh at the ACC Outdoor Championships ... Tallied a seventh-place finish in the shot put at the Walt Disney World Invitational with an outdoor personal-record throw of 45'3.50" ... Finished second in the shot at the Tiger Classic with an indoor personal-best mark of 45'0.25" ... Finished 16th at the ACC Indoor Championships (44'4.75") ... Held Tech's top indoor mark in the shot put.
In 2004-05: Finished 15th at the Outdoor ACC Championships with a personal-record throw of 44'2.50" ... Tallied a 12th-place finish in the discus at the outdoor ACC meet (144'09") ... Tossed the discus a career-best 146'10" to finish ninth at the Georgia Tech Invitational ... Tallied a fourth-place finish in the hammer throw (136'00") at the Orange & Purple Classic ... Posted a 16th-place finish in the shot put at the Indoor ACC Championships with a lifetime-best toss of 39'9.75" ... Finished 17th at the indoor ACC meet in the weight throw (46'2.75") ... ACC Academic Honor Roll.
In 2003-04: Walked on to the team during the fall semester ... Did not compete for the Yellow Jackets ... ACC Academic Honor Roll.
High School: Was a four-year letterwinner in track and field at Decatur High School under coach Freddie Jones ... State champion in the discus in both junior and senior seasons ... Won the region championship in the discus in sophomore, junior and senior seasons ... Holds the school record in the discus (135') ... Played basketball for four seasons ... Elected team captain for both track and basketball as a junior and senior ... Student Attitude Achievement Award winner ... Honor Roll student.
Personal: Born Jewel Sheron Welch on Feb. 27, 1985, in Decatur, Ga. ... Parents are Forbes and Paula Welch ... Hobbies include reading and bowling ... Majoring in science, technology and culture.
| Welch's Career Top Marks | |||||||||||||||||||||
| EVENT | MARK (INDOOR) | MARK (OUTDOOR) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Shot Put | 45-0.25 | 45-3.50 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Discus | - | 155-2 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Weight/Hammer | 46-2.75 | 136-0 | |||||||||||||||||||
